Directed by Ginger Gentile (Erasing Family), the documentary Exclusion U takes a deep dive into endowment and enrollment at Ivy League universities.

The documentary film will have its World Premiere in New York on Thursday, June 8, 2023 at the Lincoln Center Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center; and then released via on-demand on Friday, June 23, 2023, on platforms including iTunes, Amazon, and GooglePlay.

Exclusion U looks at the real scandal in higher education: How Ivy League universities hoard billions while refusing to expand enrollments. These tax-exempt institutions are failing their mission to act in the public good. Interviews with low-income students who fight for a place on campus, deans of admissions and shocking financial information force the question: why do we continue to invest so much in institutions that invest so little back in us?

The documentary includes interviews includes interviews with Davarian Baldwin (In the Shadow of the Ivory Tower), Tressie McMillan Cottom (Lower Ed), Anthony Jack (The Privileged Poor), Jeff Selingo (Who Gets In and Why) Dan Golden (The Price of Admission) Richard V. Reeves (Brookings Institution), Lauren Rivera (Northwestern University), Deja Foxx (influencer/staffer for Vice President Kamala Harris) and others.

Exclusion U Is produced by Veronica Nickel (Moonlight).

Watch a clip from Exclusion U.